72-year-old found beaten to death in West Side home

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72-year-old found beaten to death in West Side home

CHICAGO — Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man was found dead inside his West Side home.

Police said the 72-year-old man was found beaten and unresponsive about 6 p.m. Friday in his home in the 5000 block of West Washington Boulevard in the South Austin neighborhood. There were blunt force injuries to his head.